Impedance cardiography: recent advancements.

The aim of this paper is the presentation of recent advancements in impedance cardiography regarding methodical approach, applied equipment and clinical or research implementations. The review is limited to the papers which were published over last 17 months (dated 2011 and 2012) in well recognised scientific journals.

[1]  Gerard Cybulski,et al.  Ambulatory Impedance Cardiography - The Systems and their Applications , 2011, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering.

[2]  Studies on separating the impedance change components of blood vessels and ventricles in thorax from mixed impedance signals on chest surface. , 2011 .

[3]  Arthur P DeMarzo,et al.  Using impedance cardiography with postural change to stratify patients with hypertension , 2011, Therapeutic advances in cardiovascular disease.

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[5]  L. Stegagno,et al.  Sleep onset and cardiovascular activity in primary insomnia , 2011, Journal of sleep research.

[6]  R. Patterson,et al.  Development and evaluation of an impedance cardiac output system. , 1966, Aerospace medicine.

[7]  B. McCrindle,et al.  A comparison of cardiac output by thoracic impedance and direct fick in children with congenital heart disease undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization. , 2011, Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.

[8]  M. J. Solana,et al.  Measurement of Cardiac Output in Children by Bioreactance , 2011, Pediatric Cardiology.

[9]  R. Patterson,et al.  Detection of left ventricular systolic dysfunction using a newly developed, laptop based, impedance cardiographic index. , 2011, International journal of cardiology.

[10]  Xiao Qiu-jin,et al.  Thoracic impedance change equation deduced on the basis of parallel impedance model and Ohm's law. , 2012, Medical physics.

[11]  Paweł Krzesiński,et al.  The effects of cardiac rehabilitation on haemodynamic parameters measured by impedance cardiography in patients with heart failure. , 2011, Kardiologia polska.

[12]  M. Borggrefe,et al.  A comparative evaluation of electrical velocimetry and inert gas rebreathing for the non-invasive assessment of cardiac output , 2011, Clinical Research in Cardiology.

[13]  I. Zapardiel,et al.  Hemodynamic changes during pregnancy and postpartum: a prospective study using thoracic electrical bioimpedance , 2011, The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians.

[14]  Atul Malhotra,et al.  Effect of mild, asymptomatic obstructive sleep apnea on daytime heart rate variability and impedance cardiography measurements. , 2012, The American journal of cardiology.

[15]  Klaus Nordhausen,et al.  Reduced systemic vascular resistance in healthy volunteers with presyncopal symptoms during a nitrate-stimulated tilt-table test. , 2011, British journal of clinical pharmacology.

[16]  Hedelin Petter,et al.  Measurement of cardiac output with non‐invasive Aesculon® impedance versus thermodilution , 2011, Clinical physiology and functional imaging.

[17]  G. Molenberghs,et al.  Venous Pulse Transit Time in Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia , 2012, Reproductive Sciences.

[18]  G. Jensen,et al.  Non-invasive measurements of cardiac output in atrial fibrillation: Inert gas rebreathing and impedance cardiography , 2011, Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation.

[19]  Ulrich Limper,et al.  Upright cardiac output measurements in the transition to weightlessness during parabolic flights. , 2011, Aviation, space, and environmental medicine.

[20]  Gerard Cybulski,et al.  Ambulatory Impedance Cardiography , 2011 .

[21]  G. Molenberghs,et al.  Diurnal and position‐induced variability of impedance cardiography measurements in healthy subjects , 2010, Clinical physiology and functional imaging.

[22]  D. Dutka,et al.  Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Optimization Using Noninvasive Cardiac Output Measurement , 2011, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[23]  A. Tonelli,et al.  Value of Impedance Cardiography in Patients Studied for Pulmonary Hypertension , 2011, Lung.

[24]  H. Lackner,et al.  Hemodynamic evaluation in pregnancy: limitations of impedance cardiography , 2012, Physiological measurement.